A bit of parkrun volunteering tourism to Southwark Park where Injad a lovely session parkwking .

The lovely Ms Y has had a bad week, her ankles have swollen up and is making her limited mobility much worse. A medic visited her this morning and a prescription was promised which I said I’d pick up for her. It wasn’t straightforward and involved two trips to the pharmacy, bisected by a visit to her GP’s and the normal shop at the Co-Op. All sorted in the end the end for a grateful Ms Y.

… in the land of Deptford, there was a magic shopping list, it was the same most weeks save for one item - this week’s item was for some special herbs. The herbs had to be fresh, shouldn’t be woody and be very green. It was looking as though there wouldn’t be a happy ending as they were not to be found in the shops and market stalls. Then Paul had an idea - ‘I’ll add thyme to my weekly shop next week.’ The lovely Mr J thought this was an excellent idea and everyone lived happily ever after. The end.

Ms D has big plans for the garden - she wants something a lot more manageable with just some fruit trees and hopefully also a therapy pool! First there's lots of pots to go through and find homes for and brambles to get out, but she's very knowledgeable and I'm sure with a few more visits it'll turn out great :)

With our trusty area activator away in different slopes, it was down to Julian to lead the run up to the Albany. We gathered in our usual starting point and were joined by Amine, making his GoodGym debut. Welcome Amine, hope to see you again soon!

After a quick warm up, we made our way to the task at a brisk pace, meeting a couple of the group as we arrived. Our brief for the evening was the usual litter pick and weeding, though we were warned there wasn't much of either. But, in true GG spirit, we searched high and low and did manage to fill a big bin bag!

After a group photo and some more of the flowers (Spring really is coming!), we ran back and finished off with a thorough stretch session! Well done, team!

Last week, on behalf of the lovely Ms Y, I tried to find Garibaldi in the Co-Op on Downham Way. It proved a fruitless task, so, with her agreement I added it onto my Sainsbury’s delivery, they only had squashed fly biscuits rather than Italian revolutionaries, which was probably for the best.

As for the rest of the shop, it mostly came from the Co-Op and my membership saved her £1.20 this week - which she was pleased about.